Intergalactic Exchange Bureau will convert galleons to gold dragons

Do you know what the exchange rate between Federation Credits and Galactic Credits is? What about US Dollars to Bottle Caps? The Intergalactic Exchange Bureau is here to answer these burning questions, and finally allow geeks everywhere to properly establish the relative definitions of wealth across universes.

In every science fiction story, be it a book or game or television series, there’s an established currency. Whether you’re slinging Creds in the messy future of Judge Dredd or pulling a few Sickles from Gringotts bank to spend in Diagon Alley, currency is usually an important part of the story. There are those with currency and those without, which more often than not is an interaction point that can’t be ignored. You’re either completing jobs so you have enough Septims to afford that new armor in Skyrim,or you’ve just gotten a big fat paycheck full of Simoleons so your Sims can afford to put in a sprinkler system to make sure the kitchen doesn’t burn down again. What do all of these forms of currency mean, exactly? More importantly, what do they mean to one another?

The Intergalactic Exchange Bureau allows you scroll through the various fantasy currencies out there and compare them, either to real money or against other currencies from other universes. From here, you can see that the largest singular measurement of currency is the Gold Dragon, from Game of Thrones. Nothing else really comes close to this form of currency in the exchange, which when you consider how much of it is tossed around in the books and TV, is truly impressive. The scale offered here is a lot of fun to observe in the extract, but it also makes clear that even the wealthiest Fallout: New Vegas player can’t hold a candle to whoever sits upon the Iron Throne.